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Satellite imagery shows curious activity, including a cluster of crane barges, at a prominent shipyard in China over a period of several days in June 2024.
China

Odd Activity At Chinese Submarine Shipyard Draws Interest

The sudden appearance of four crane barges where a submarine had been parked has prompted questions about the possibility of an accident.

Laser dazzlers could defend tanks from one-way attack drones.
Counter-Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (C-UAS)

Laser Dazzlers For Defending Tanks Against Marauding Drones Are An Untapped Countermeasure

Advanced laser dazzlers mounted on armored vehicles could automatically blind incoming drones during their vulnerable terminal attack runs.

An active expendable decoy, or AED capability has been tested and integrated on U.S. F-35 stealth fighters, resulting in a decision to field this operationally. The move apparently involves the British-made Leonardo BriteCloud, a small active-radar decoy that we have discussed at length in the past and which promises to enhance the F-35’s ability to defeat various types of air defense system threats.
F-35

F-35s Set To Get Missile-Luring Expendable Active Decoys

The British-made BriteCloud advanced expendable radar decoy looks set to be the next addition to the F-35’s self-protection suite.

The battle for Krynky, a key fishing village in Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast, may soon be over.
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Bloody Battle For Key Fishing Village May Soon Be Over

The fight for the small fishing village of Krynky has raged since October with heavy losses by both sides.

119 F-16C Fighting Falcon 330MP AF Greece Kleine Brogel 2007
F-16

Greek F-16C/Ds Lined Up For Ukraine: Report

Greece could become the next European NATO F-16 operator to provide surplus fighters to Ukraine with dozens of Block 30 C/D models.

B-2 sprit taking off.
B-2

B-2 Stealth Bomber’s Latest Upgrade Is Here

The Spirit Realm 1 upgrade provides the B-2 stealth bomber with new communications and weapons capabilities.

An F-16D on the Lockheed Martin production line in Greenville.

Inside The Lockheed Martin Plant That’s Spearheading Resurgent F-16 Sales

Branded Content: 50 years after its first flight, Viper orders are growing stronger for a fighter that still meets operator needs.

U.S. Navy Super Hornets and U.S. Air Force RC-135 Rivet Joint spy planes are flying near Venezuela.
F/A-18E/F

F/A-18F Super Hornet Pilot Is First U.S. Female Aviator To Shoot Down An Enemy Aerial Threat

A female naval aviator from Strike Fighter Squadron 32 shot down a Houthi drone during a recently concluded deployment to the Red Sea.

The definitive audit of all the weapons dropped by Doug Masters in his F-16 in Iron Eagle.
F-16

Iron Eagle: The Definitive Audit Of How Many Weapons Doug Masters Launched From His F-16

It has become a cult classic but the 1980s air combat flick has gotten a bad rap for its portrayal of the F-16's capabilities. Is it really deserved?

Experienced snipers break down how U.S. Secret Service counter-snipers handled the assassination attempt on Donald Trump.
Secret Service

Experienced Snipers Break Down The Trump Assassination Attempt

Two veteran snipers and a retired Secret Service agent give us their takes on how these security operations are conducted and what may have gone so wrong.

New questions have emerged about the future of the F/A-XX Next Generation Fighter program, the budget for which a draft Senate defense bill would slash.
F-22

Navy’s F/A-XX Next Generation Fighter Program Would Be Gutted Under Senate Defense Bill

Questions about the future of both F/A-XX and the U.S. Air Force's Next Generation Air Dominance combat jet program are growing.

Italy has announced plans to equip the F-35B stealth fighters operated by its naval air arm with the Kongsberg Joint Strike Missile (JSM), among other weapons. Details of the armament for the Italian Navy’s short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) F-35Bs comes as the aircraft take part for the first time in the large-scale Pitch Black drills in Australia, aboard the aircraft carrier Cavour.
F-35B

Italy’s Carrier-Capable F-35B Stealth Fighters To Get New Advanced Weapons

Italy has outlined plans to give its small fleet of carrier-capable F-35B stealth jets new air-to-air and air-to-ground weapons.

An EA-18G Growler scored the types first ever air-to-air kill during a recently concluded deployment.
EA-18G

EA-18G Growler Scored Its First Air-To-Air Kill

The EA-18G Growler from VAQ-130 "Zappers" executed the air-to-air engagement as part of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower's combat deployment off Yemen.

The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group expended 770 missiles and other munitions at Houthi targets over the course of a recently concluded nine-month deployment.
Around The Globe

770 Weapons Expended By Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group On Historic Red Sea Deployment

We have a tally of how many Standard Missiles, Tomahawks, and air-to-air and air-to-ground weapons Ike's strike group launched at Houthi targets.

In a rare and impressive gathering, every airframe in the U.S. Coast Guard fleet converged at one location on 14 June 2024.
C-130

Every Coast Guard Aircraft Type Pictured Together In Rare ‘Family Photo’

The images offer a great look at the diverse fleet of crewed aircraft the USCG possesses to perform a wide range of missions.

Two legendary U.S. nuclear bombers, their first flights separated by almost half a century, took to the skies over Missouri at the weekend. The formation flights by the U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber and the B-29 Doc — one of only two examples of the World War II-era bomber that are flying anywhere in the world — were, the service believes, the first time that these two legendary aircraft had flown together in this way.
B-2

B-2 Spirit Joined By B-29 Superfortress For Unprecedented Nuclear Bomber Heritage Flight

America’s first nuclear bomber and its most recent to enter service took to the air together over Missouri at the weekend.

The US Marine Corps is looking at new "buckshot-like" ammunition for its rifles, advanced optics, add-on jammers, and other new counter-drone capabilities for smaller units.
Drones

Shotgun Pellet-Like Rifle Ammo, Gun-Mounted Jammers On Marine Anti-Drone Wishlist

A push to make every Marine can be a counter-drone defender is pulling from very low-tech and very high-tech concepts.

Russia has, for the first time, published footage showing what it says is the carriage and launch of the guided, glide version of its huge FAB-3000 aerial bomb — a weapon that weighs over 6,600 pounds in its basic version. The weapon is among the more recently announced additions to the family of UMPK munitions, which add a pop-out wing kit and a guidance package to a range of existing freefall weapons, as you can read more about here.
Su-34

Russia’s Giant 6,000lb Glide Bomb Seen Launched From Su-34 For First Time

The FAB-3000 bomb is mated to a UMPK tail kit turning it into a standoff guided weapon capable of considerable destruction.

While former President Donald Trump's personal protection detail should be lauded for their actions during an assassination attempt, the fact that an armed man climbed a roof less than 450 feet away with a clear line of site is a failure of Secret Service planning, a former FBI agent told us.
Secret Service

Ex-FBI Agent’s Analysis Of Secret Service’s Actions Surrounding Trump Assassination Attempt

The highly-experienced retired FBI agent was baffled by the nearby unattended rooftops in clear line-of-sight of the former president.

Former President Donald Trump was injured in a shooting at rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania that is now being investigated as an assassination attempt.
Secret Service

Sniper Killed, Trump Injured After Deadly Shooting At Rally (Updated)

One shooter is dead along with one rally attendee after an attempt to assassinate the former President.